Members of the U.N. Security Council voted 15-0 to adopt a binding resolution, which directs nations to “suppress the recruiting, organizing, transporting, equipping” and funding of foreign terrorists.

Household net worth climbed 1.7 percent in August, to an all-time high of $81.5 trillion, while household debt increased at a 3.6 percent annualized pace—its swiftest since 2007—according to data released Sept. 18.

Sales of new homes reached a six-year peak in August, rising 18 percent to a seasonally-adjusted annualized pace of 504,000 units and far outpacing projections of 430,000 units.

HHS announced that 7.3 million individuals are enrolled in ACA exchange plans, reflecting the total paid enrollees as of Aug. 15. More than 8 million people had signed up for private plans through the new marketplaces by the close of open enrollment, but some failed to pay their premiums, and others allowed their coverage to lapse.

In an increasingly common practice, assistants or other hospital staff may be called in to help with a procedure without good reason, then charge exorbitant fees that patients or their insurers were not expecting.

The three-day, country-wide Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone ended as planned Sunday evening, according to the Health Ministry, which said 75 percent of the targeted 1.5 million households had been contacted by aid workers, who went door-to-door to find hidden Ebola patients, distribute soap, and educate residents about the disease.

Since the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment began in Oct. 2013, about 8 million additional people have enrolled in Medicaid, according to the latest monthly report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Comcast mounted a defense of its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable, sending hundreds of pages of comments to the FCC that promised better service for consumers and accusing critics of being paranoid or having a stake in scuttling the deal.

The FCC is looking for new ways to protect net neutrality, responding to liberals who believe its initial proposal didn’t do enough, but trying to stay on a firm legal footing.

Android followed Apple’s lead, saying it would stop giving users’ cell-phone or tablet data to police, because its new security features mean it lacks the ability to access their information.

Apple’s new iPhone 6 Plus has suffered backlash from some consumers who say its bigger size has caused it to get bent while in their pockets.

A Senate committee found Chinese authorities attempted close to 20 cyberattacks in just a year-long period targeted at military defense contractors.

NFL executives made a last-ditch effort to save sports blackout rules, meeting with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to push their argument that the rules are needed to preserve the broadcast TV’s ability to show the NFL.

“The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. So the United States of America will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death.” — President Obama, addressing the U.N. Security Council (Washington Post)

“He’s regal, almost. And I’m not talking about in the sense of a King Arthur or that type of regal. He’s redneck regal. He really is.” — Political strategist David “Mudcat” Saunders, on former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. (Daily Caller)

“Who do you think President Obama could appoint at this very day, given the boundaries that we have? If I resign any time this year, he could not successfully appoint anyone I would like to see in the Court.” — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Elle)

“It’s not entirely run by wackos, but by people who are intimidated by wackos.” — Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., on the current state of Congress (Washington Post)

“Like every country, we continually wrestle with how to reconcile the vast changes wrought by globalization and greater diversity with the traditions that we hold dear.” — Obama, referencing Ferguson, Mo., during his U.N. address (Politico)

“What is unique here is you have an entire state really shifting — people are bidding up prices all over the place. These were quintessential suburbs and cities built for people working as secretaries, but the newest generation is simply not going to be able to stay anymore.” — Zillow economist Stan Humphries, on the rising cost of living in California (New York Times)

“Not only are we able to play together, we also don’t litigate against each other.” — Golfer Phil Mickelson, praising the American Ryder Cup squad and alluding to a legal dispute between Irishmen Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell (Bloomberg)

Friday, Sept. 26 – Vice President Biden will host a summit on United Nations peacekeeping at the U.N. in New York.

Tuesday, Sept. 30 — First lady Michelle Obama will host a luncheon in honor of the winners of the 2014 National Design Awards, which are organized by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, at 1 p.m. at the White House.

Tuesday, Sept. 30 — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on the U.S. Secret Service’s security protocols in light of the Sept. 19, 2014, incident in which an armed intruder entered the North Portico of the White House, at 10 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn.

Friday, Sept. 26 to Saturday, Sept. 27 — The Family Research Council will hold its 2014 Values Voter Summit at 2500 Calvert St. NW.

Friday, Sept. 26 — The Heritage Foundation will hold a book discussion on A Race for the Future: How Conservatives Can Break the Liberal Monopoly on Hispanic Americans at 11 a.m. at 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE.

Tuesday, Sept. 30 – The Hudson Institute will hold a discussion, “Creating Clarity for Nonprofits,” at noon at 1015 15th St. NW.

Thursday, Sept. 25 — Virginia International University will hold an event, “Forecasting Global Economic Development and Risk: What’s Missing in Our Ability to Measure and Predict Economic Performance?” at 5 p.m. at 11200 Waples Mill Rd. in Fairfax.

Wednesday, Oct. 1 — The Information Technology Industry Council will hold its 2014 Cybersecurity Summit, “Risks and Benefits in an Interconnected Economy,” at 2 p.m. at 1700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Tuesday, Sept. 30 — The American Security Project will hold a conference, “What’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security,” at 9 a.m. at 1100 New York Ave. NW.

Monday, Sept. 29 – The Brookings Institution will hold a discussion, “The Evolving Risks of Fragile States and International Terrorism,” at 2 p.m. at 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

Friday, Sept. 26 — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will hold a discussion, “Advancing Solutions in Entitlements: Supporting Greater Value,” focusing on recommendations to stabilize Medicare and Medicaid, at 9:30 a.m. at 1615 H St. NW.

Friday, Sept. 26 — The Alliance for Health Reform will hold a briefing, “Network Adequacy: Seeking Balance,” on the regulation of health insurance networks, at noon in G-50 Dirksen.

Monday, Sept. 29 — The Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus will hold a briefing, “The Expiration of the Internet Tax Moratorium: What New Internet & Mobile Phone Taxes Will Mean for Constituents & for the Economy,” at noon in 562 Dirksen.

Tuesday, Sept. 30 — The FCC will hold an open meeting on ending sports blackout rules at 10:30 a.m. at 445 12th St. SW.

Wednesday, Oct. 1 — Washington Post Live will hold a Cybersecurity Summit at 8:30 a.m. at 1150 15th St. NW.

While judgments have grown in recent years, the Justice Department has proven less able to collect fines and other penalties, with$97 billion currently outstandingand just $10 billion of that total available for collection.

The Senate confirmed Rep. Henry Waxman aide Jeffrey Baran and former Nuclear Regulatory Commission general counsel Stephen Burns, who appeared last week before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, to fill two vacancies on the five-member commission.

Richard Griffin, the acting inspector general for the Veterans Affairs Department, pushed back against allegations from lawmakers that his staff watered down a final report on the VA’s Phoenix facility after getting pressure from the department.

In prepared testimony for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Government Accountability Office information security director Gregory Wilshusen says that while the administration has improved the security of gov and related systems, “significant weaknesses remain;” a GAO report released Tuesday details persistent risks to the integrity of the system.

Individuals who purchased health insurance on the exchanges should reenter the marketplace before renewing their plans, as in many states, the most popular plans are seeing double-digit premium hikes, and most states will also see economic changes that could chip away at consumers’ subsidies.

The Federal Communications Commission received 7 million public comments regarding its net neutrality proposal before the comment period ended this week, a tally that far outpaces the number received following Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction.”

The FBI announced its Next Generation Identification system, which uses facial-recognition technology, has achieved “full operational capability.”

“Jeff Sessions is probably held in higher esteem than the Alabama football coach and the Auburn football coach put together.” — Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., on the state’s junior senator, who faced no primary or general election opposition in 2014 (Associated Press)

“There’s only a certain amount of days Sean can be in the country for tax reasons, so I know that he intends to use them wisely.” — Neil Connery, explaining why his brother will not appear in Scotland to promote independence (Edinburgh Evening News)

“Maybe someday I’ll write a little article about whether it was more difficult to go through the paperwork to work with anthrax, or whether it’s going to be more difficult for me to make some bourbon. They’ve both awfully complicated, so we’ll see.” — Dr. Ian Glomski, who left a microbiology position to open a bourbon distillery (NPR)

“At that moment, if I could have just disappeared, I would have. If I could have just melted in tears, I would have. But I had to just sit there and talk to him. … I didn’t hear a word he said, but I wasn’t in a place where I could tell him to go fuck himself.” — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., on a labor leader’s disparaging comment about her weight several years ago (Huffington Post)

The New York Timestracks the roughly 342,000 swings Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has taken during his professional career.

The Washington Postcharts the success of Miss America and Miss USA pageant contestants by state.

Barclays charts the migration patterns for high net worth individuals from around the world.

The Hollywood Reportermaps the risk of infectious disease at Los Angeles schools, which has risen due to parents’ opposition to vaccinations.

DNAInfo New York charts the 1,585 children who disappeared from a city-operated shelter from Feb. 2013 to March 2014.

Future events

Friday, Sept. 19 – The White House will host an event to launch “It’s On Us,” a new public awareness and action campaign designed to prevent sexual assault at colleges and universities, change the culture on our campuses, and better engage men in this effort.

Tuesday, Sept. 23 – The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies will hold a discussion, “The Future of the Union: The UK and Europe After the Scottish Referendum,” at 6 p.m. at 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

Friday, Sept. 19 – The Center for the History of the New America and the Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland will hold a conference, “Health Across Borders: Migration, Disease, Medicine and Public Health in a Global Age,” at 9 a.m. at the University of Maryland.

Thursday, Sept. 18 – The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies will hold adiscussion, “The U.S.-Japan Internet Economy Dialogue: A New Role for the Alliance in Preserving the Global Internet,” at 4:30 p.m. at 1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

Friday, Sept. 19 – The New America Foundation will hold adiscussion, “Digital Borders and Technological Sovereignty: Breaking or Saving the Internet as We Know It?” at 9 a.m. at 1899 L St. NW.

Lawmakers returned this week for a brief work period, with an agenda that includes a number of messaging bills, a critical measure to fund the government, and potentially a bill to extend the Export-Import Bank before leaving town again for the campaign trail.

House Republicans released a draft of a continuing resolution that would fund the government through Dec. 11. It includes money to fight the Ebola outbreak, reauthorizes the controversial Export-Import Bank through the end of June 2015, and extends the moratorium on taxing the Internet.

For the first time since the rise of the tea party in 2009, conservative activists and national tea-party-aligned groups were unable to claim a single senatorial scalp in a primary—but the establishment’s win-loss record masks the reality that many GOP incumbents won renomination by the thinnest margins of their careers.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employers added 142,000 positions to nonfarm payrolls in August—well short of a projected gain of 220,000 to 225,000 jobs—and unemployment dipped slightly, to 6.1 percent, from 6.2 percent in July.

Workers found six more dangerous agents, including ricin, improperly stored in NIH and FDA labs, following the July discovery of smallpox vials in federal facilities.

The Government Accountability Office estimated that the state’s private-option plan will cost nearly 25 percent more than providing the coverage through traditional Medicaid, saying that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not ensure that the program would be budget-neutral when approving it.

Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe unveiled his “alternative” to Medicaid expansion, which the state’s Republican Legislature had repeatedly denied—a significantly scaled-back program that would cover about 250,000 Virginians, compared to 400,000 who could gain coverage under Medicaid.

The average premium for employer-based coverage rose by only 3 percent this year, a major improvement over double digit hikes in the 1990s, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s annual survey of the employer insurance market. But employers are shifting more health care costs to employees, with higher deductibles.

Ebola infections are increasing exponentially in West Africa, with nearly 4,300 cases reported, due in part to a surge of infections in Liberia, where the World Health Organization estimated more than 500 new cases were reported in a week. The death toll in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal is thought to have exceeded 2,200.

Senators unveiled draft legislation that would reduce the leverage of broadcast stations like NBC or Fox in negotiations with providers, aiming to ultimately lower people’s cable bills.

Netflix, Reddit, Digg, and other major websites took part in a protest calling for net-neutrality regulations by displaying a “loading” icon saying that without rules stopping Internet providers from hindering Internet traffic, the Web page could still be loading.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a speech that Internet access on smartphones is a “key component” of what the commission is looking to protect with its net-neutrality rules, indicating that those rules could be expanded to cover cell-phone service.

Sources on and off Capitol Hill say NSA reform legislation is not a high priority as the Senate calendar gets filled with debates over a continuing resolution and the Import-Export Bank.

Dozens of left-leaning organizations called on Google to end its affiliation with the American Legislative Exchange Council shortly after the conservative group expressed support for the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger.

Look ahead

The FCC will hold a vote later this month aimed at ending the NFL’s blackout rules that don’t allow TV stations to air games that haven’t sold out.

The iPhone 6 will store credit-card information using a service called Apple Pay, and hopes to overcome fears about data breaches by storing information on a separate chip that keeps the data away from iCloud.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 – The Center for American Progress will hold a discussion, “Wired for the Future: U.S.-Japan Cooperation for the New Internet Economy,” at 9:30 a.m. at 1333 H St. NW.

OTHER NEWS

The Baltimore Ravens terminated the contract of running back Ray Rice, and the NFL suspended him indefinitely, following the release Monday of a video showing him punching then-fiancée Janay Palmer in an Atlantic City casino elevator.

Comedian Joan Rivers died Sept. 4, after going into cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure at a New York physician’s office.

South African Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled Olympian Oscar Pistorius “negligent” in the Feb. 14, 2013 death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but said the state had failed to prove premeditated murder; a final verdict on the charge of culpable homicide is expected Friday.

“A lot of people would like to stay on the sideline and say, ‘Just bomb the place and tell us about it later.’ It’s an election year. A lot of Democrats don’t know how it would play in their party, and Republicans don’t want to change anything. We like the path we’re on now. We can denounce it if it goes bad, and praise it if it goes well and ask what took him so long.” – Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., on what House Republicans want President Obama to do about ISIS (New York Times)

“We lived in a soulless suburb. It wasn’t the right place for us, and we needed a change.” — New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, in her memoir, on Arlington, Va. (Washington City Paper)

“I’ve seen the ugly in Washington, D.C. I’ve been caught by its trappings.” – Iowa Republican congressional candidate David Young, as shown in a Democratic campaign ad (DCCC TV ad)

“I grew up watching Saturday Night Live, I love Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live over the years has had some of the most tremendous political satire. Who can forget in 2008, Saturday Night Live‘s wickedly funny characterization of the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin?” – Sen. Ted Cruz, arguing against a bill that he said could lead to censorship of political speech (Politico)

“Whenever we can, we follow the law.” – IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, testifying at a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing (The Hill)

The New York Timescharts the financial well-being of American families.

Future events

Friday, Sept. 12 – President Obama will deliver remarks at an AmeriCorps pledge ceremony marking the program’s 20th anniversary on the South Lawn of the White House.

Monday, Sept. 15 – President Obama will confer the Medal of Honor upon retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins and to Army Specialist Four Donald P. Sloat for conspicuous gallantry during combat operations in Vietnam.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 — The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing, “U.S. Policy Toward Iraq and Syria and the Threat Posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL),” at 9:30 a.m. in 216 Hart.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 — The University of Maryland will hold a forum, “Managing Congressional Polarization,” at noon at 7621 Mowatt Ln. in College Park.

Thursday, Sept. 11 — The World Resources Institute will hold a briefing on a new report, “Global Shale and Water Risk,” at 4 p.m. at 10 G St. NE.

Friday, Sept. 12 — The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University School of Law will hold a public policy conference, “Administration Unbound? Delegation, Deference, and Discretion,” at 8 a.m. at 3301 Fairfax Dr. in Arlington.

Friday, Sept. 12 — The Center for American Progress will hold a discussion, “Defeating ISIS: Building a Framework to Support a Reliable and Effective Opposition to Assad and ISIS,” at noon at 1333 H St. NW.

Monday, Sept. 15 — The Atlantic Council will hold a discussion, “After the Summit: NATO’s Path Forward,” at 11 a.m. at 1030 15th St. NW.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 — The Bipartisan Policy Center will hold a discussion, “Building Better Health: Innovative Strategies from America’s Business Leaders—A Report from the CEO Council on Health and Innovation,” at 1:30 p.m. at 1225 I St. NW.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 — The Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing, “Harnessing the Power of Telehealth: Promises and Challenges,” at 2 p.m. in 562 Dirksen.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an en banc review of Halbig v. Burwell, in which a three-judge panel held that the government cannot offer insurance subsidies in states employing the federal exchange, and will hear oral arguments on Dec. 17.Look ahead: The full court, which includes eight judges appointed by Democratic presidents, and five tapped by Republicans, could offer the government a more favorable hearing.

As written, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 requires lawmakers to file public disclosures with the House when they negotiate for work and when conflicts arise—but the law’s rules apply differently today than intended when it was passed.

Obama is set to maintain his torrid fundraising pace on behalf of national Democrats—he has headlined 40 fundraisers so far this year—and make targeted appeals to African-American and young voters, but will make himself scarce in red-state Senate races that could determine control of the chamber.

There is a long history of politicians dishing out bad news at the closing bell of the work week, hoping to minimize coverage—and this summer was no exception.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General released a report concluding that the agency and states it has partnered with have not taken adequate action to monitor and improve water quality in the Gulf of Mexico.

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa and Republican Sen. David Vitter have teamed up to probe what they have described as the “outsized role” played by the Natural Resources Defense Council in helping draft the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations to limit air pollution from power plants.

Halliburton Energy Services Inc. has reached a settlement of $1.1 billion that will be paid to business and property owners impacted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by a rig blowout on the Deepwater Horizon in 2010.

CMS actuaries project an increase in health care spending—from 3.6 percent last year to an average of about 6 percent over the next decade—but do not expect a return to the breakneck pace at which spending grew before the recession.

CVS stopped selling tobacco products one month ahead of its goal of Oct. 1 and changed its corporate name to CVS Health in an effort to brand itself as a health care company.

TECHNOLOGY

Sprint and T-Mobile both started slashing prices, attempting to steal each other’s customers after giving up on their proposed merger, backing up claims by opponents of the merger that blocking it would maintain competition.

“We don’t forget. We take care of those who are grieving, and when that’s finished, they should know we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice, because hell is where they will reside.” – Vice President Joe Biden, on ISIS (Washington Post)

“Here in the Baltics, it would mean positioning more American equipment so it’s ready, if needed. It would mean more training and exercises between our militaries. And it would mean more U.S. forces, including American boots on the ground, continuously rotating through Estonia and Latvia and Lithuania.” – President Obama, on American support for Ukraine and the U.S.’s future in Eastern Europe (National Journal)

“Russia has come before UNSC to say everything except truth. It has manipulated. It has obfuscated. It has outright lied. We have learned to measure Russia by its actions, not its words. In last 48 hours, Russia’s actions have spoken volumes.” – Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., at a U.N. Security Council meeting (National Journal)

“Just to be clear: I do not know this person, I have not met this person, and I’m not interested in accepting endorsements from people I have never heard of before.” – New York state Senate candidate John Liu, rejecting an endorsement from lieutenant governor candidate Tim Wu (New York Daily News)

“As your congressman, I’ve had the honor of being part of a team that’s working hard and getting results. I’m of course talking about the football team I coach when I’m home every weekend. Go Tornadoes! As far as D.C. goes, the only thing they’re good at is creating problems.” — Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., in a campaign ad (CapitolFax.com)

Tuesday, Sept. 9 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Sharon Block to serve as a member of the National Labor Relations Board at 10 a.m. in 430 Rayburn.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 – The House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee will hold a hearing, “Expanding Joint Employer Status: What Does it Mean for Workers and Job Creators?” at 10 a.m. in 2175 Rayburn.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 – The State Department will hold a discussion, “Citizen Activism: Building Coalitions for Civil Rights,” at 9 a.m. at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 – The Federalist Society’s Civil Rights Practice Group, the Cato Institute, and the Heritage Foundation will hold a conference, “Civil Rights in the United States,” at 9 a.m. at 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Friday, Sept. 5 – The Labor Department’s Employment and Training Administration will hold a meeting by webinar on the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, focusing on “Services to Disconnected Youth,” beginning at 2 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 8 – The New America Foundation will hold a discussion, “Investing in the American Dream: Immigrants, Financial Institutions, and Financial Inclusion in America,” at 12:15 p.m. at 1899 L St. NW.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 – The Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute will hold a discussion, “Effects of Income Tax Changes on Economic Growth,” at 12:30 p.m. at 2100 M St. NW.

Friday, Sept. 5 – The American Council on Renewable Energy will hold a discussion, “Renewable Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Project Finance and Deal-Structuring in South America,” at 8 a.m. at 1333 New Hampshire Ave. NW.